Business Capabilities reports
Dynamic reports enable you to analyze the business capabilities of your repository according to different perspectives.
For detailed information on reports, see Generating Reports.Business Capability Map Breakdown Report
You can use a breakdown report to visualize the objects that make up a business capability map and the realization of components by EA equipment.
This report is available in the Business Capabilities Properties Reports page.
Example
The example below shows the coverage of the business capability map by applications, with the “Technical efficiency” and “Business value” criteria available on the applications.
For more details on use of a breakdown report, see Handling a Breakdown ReportBusiness Capability Coverage over Time
This report provides a temporal representation of the elements that make up a business capability map and the applications or application systems that cover them.
Applications are analyzed according to various possible criteria. A timeline shows their evolution over several years.
The criteria selected applies to both views of the report:
• Capabilities Time analysis: a proportional map displays the various business capabilities and the applications that cover them.
• Criteria Time Analysis: a table displays the values of the selected indicators according to the dates indicated.
Example
Below is the coverage report for the “MEGA Bank” capability map.
The report displays the list of associated applications and the criteria selected (Current state, Technology compliance, Functional support, Business value).
A point on the timeline indicates the date of the values displayed in the report. You can move this point to view the evolution of indicator values over time.
A Legend button shows the meaning of the indicators and their colors.
Launch the report
To generate a Business Capability Coverage over Time report:
1. Click the Reports menu.
2. To the right of the edit area, click the Create a report button.
3. Find the “Business Capability Coverage over Time” report type.
The report appears in the edit area.
4. Select the report type and click Create a report.
The report creation wizard opens.
5. Select:
• the business capability map
• the analysis criteria
• if required, the portfolio of applications to be evaluated.
6. Click Preview then Continue.
7. Give the report a name and a description.
8. Click Save and open.
You can also run the analysis on a set of applications: in the list of applications, select those to be analyzed and click Reports > Rationalization > Business Capability Coverage over Time. Business Capabilities Tree Map
This report breaks down a capacity tree in the form of a proportional map according to one of three possible criteria:
• Number of components: the surface area is proportional to the number of sub-capabilities in the tree.
• Number of applications: the surface area is proportional to the number of applications realizing current and descendant capabilities in the tree.
• Cost of applications: the surface area is proportional to the cost of applications realizing current and descendant capabilities in the tree.
Take note that:
• Since an application can realize several capabilities, the "Cost Contribution Key" ratio is applied for the criteria "Number of applications" and "Cost of Application".
• As a result of the application of this distribution coefficient, the number of applications may not be an integer (it represents an application coverage ratio).
• An application realizing an "intermediate" capability (i.e. not a leaf of the tree) is considered to realize all its sub-capabilities in a uniform way (strict pro rata between all sub-capabilities).
To generate the business capability map breakdown from an application portfolio:
1. Open the properties of the portfolio in question.
2. Click Reporting > Business Capability Tree Map.
3. Select a capability map.
4. Refresh the report.
For more information about the use of a Treemap, see Handling a Treemap.